Colbert, Meyers, and Stewart take closer looks at sending troops to Portland and medbeds

I promised monologues from my favorite late-night talk show hosts to end September and I'm following through, beginning with Stephen Colbert's Trump Declares War On Portland | Medbeds For All! | The Weak Case Against James Comey.

President Trump sent the military to Oregon after seeing a misleading report on Fox News and indicated that everyone in America will soon have access to futuristic medical technology, while the indictment of James Comey represents a chilling escalation of Trump's efforts to punish his political enemies.

I'm starting with the last story, since the other comedians I'm featuring didn't cover it. The game of musical chairs Donald "Hoover Cleveland" Trump has been playing with the lawyers in the Department of Justice reminds me of what I wrote in Noah, Meyers, Colbert, and Kimmel mock Trump's lawyers for his second impeachment trial: "Trump doesn't want to listen to his lawyers. He wants lawyers who listen to him. He should be careful what he wishes for. I think he's getting them, and they're not that good." I think he cares more that they're good looking and obedient than if they're competent. That means his lawfare is unlikely to result in convictions.

Seth Meyers had more to say in Trump Posts AI "Med Bed" Conspiracy Video, Threatens to Send Troops to Portland: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at the president posting an AI video of himself and threatening to send troops to yet another American city.

I haven't had much to say about QAnon since Meyers, Noah, Colbert, and Kimmel take closer looks at Marjorie Taylor Greene being removed from committee assignments more than four years ago, and I'm relieved not to, so Hoover Cleveland sharing the AI video about medbeds is annoying. Not only are medbeds a conspiracy theory, they're science fiction. They remind me of the autodocs from Larry Niven's Known Space stories. Those would be nice to have, but they're not supposed to show up until 2126, a century from now. Of course I would connect this to Niven. It's on brand.

I finish with Trump Sends Troops to Portland & Shootings Trigger Left-Right Blame Game | The Daily Show.

After a string of mass shootings across the U.S., America swaps out “thoughts and prayers” for a left vs. right blame game, Republicans hypocritically criticize the Democrats' “violent rhetoric,” and Trump escalates a nonexistent problem by deploying troops to Portland.

"Why Portland?" Because Hoover Cleveland was watching Fox News showing clips from 2020, not today. The preview image I had for Seeker explains how television entertainment can shape our political opinions and need to replace showed Hoover Cleveland saying "I learn a lot from television." Yeah, and a lot of it is wrong.

That concludes September's blogging. Stay tuned for the first post of October.